Wagon-spoke



(No Model.)

J. MARIS.

WAGON SPOKE.

Patentd Jan. 31,1882.

@uw E UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JARED MARIS, OF WILKESVILLE, OHIO.

WAGON-SPOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,077, dated January31, 1&2.

Application tiled August 4, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JARED MARIS, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Wilkesville, county of Vinton and State of Ohio, have invented a. newand useful Manner of Constructing Carriage and Wagon Spokes, ot'whiehthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage and wagon spokes, inwhich separate pieces of wood are combined together with glue or cement.

The objects of my improvements are, first, to gain increased stiffness,Asecured by com'- bining separate layers of wood; second, to provideadditional strength by inserting pins or tongues, ot' superior wood, atthe weak or exposed points in the spoke; third, to secure a harderhearing-surface ot' wood against the ends of mortise. I attain theseobjects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhieh- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagonspoke with a part brokenaway, showing the tical section.

(No model.)

In the ends of' the spokes are in any couvenient manner formed slots orpin-holes, which extend beyond the shoulders ofthe tenons. luto theseslots or holes are inserted tongues, of superior wood,aud securedtherein by cement, glue, or otherwise. f

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary vehicle-wheel spoke, and a athe touguesiuserted therein. b, Figs. 3 and 4, shows a tongue insertedin the bottom ot' tenon, having the grain ot' the woodrunuing across thespoke. c, Fig. 5, shows in section a round tongue or pin. By thisconstruction Iam enablel to get; a spoke of great strength where thegreatest strain occurs, and at the same time make use, for the mostpart, ot' ordinary or cheap wood, thereby making a great saving in thecost of manufacture.

What I claim is- A wood spoke having a strengthening tongue or tongues,pin or pins, ot' superior wood, inserted in or combined with the end orends thereof, substantially as specified.

JARED MARIS.

VVitnesst s:

I. F. MARIs, M. M. MARIS.

